PHE Case Color Restored

[Bruce Day]

Mark, most impressive. these case colors are soft and subtle and so different from much of what we see and what are called restorations that aren't. I am not an expert, but I have looked carefully at what I have seen of Brad's recent work and the engraving is still sharp, no buffing lines, no orange splotches, no neon waves, just nice, very nice.
For me as a small collector, the problem with most restorations is that they lack the subtlety and detail of the original, and I see the collector market significantly discounting these guns over an original in modest condition. With this kind of work, I for one see the market paying more for a restoration of this type than a modest condition original. We have seen time after time a modest condition original gun halved in value by so called restoration; that can change with this kind of work.

[edgarspencer]

While the colors are more subtle on the fore end iron, it appears that was also re cased when the action was done. I have heard, in the past, where some warpage was detected in the fore end iron, and it appears this gun has a pronounced difference in the right side radius vs. the left side radius, where the iron meets the front of the frame. This is probably correctable with some tweaking of the T section of the iron, so that uniform bearing is achieved on both sides.